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Affiliation Members
Elected[1] Current[2] Change
Conservative 365 352 Decrease 13
Labour[a] 202 195 Decrease 7
SNP 48 45 Decrease 3
Liberal Democrats 11 14 Increase 3
DUP 8 8 Steady
Sinn Féin 7 7 Steady
Plaid Cymru 4 3 Decrease 1
SDLP 2 2 Steady
Alba N/A[b] 2 Increase 2
Green 1 1 Steady
Alliance 1 1 Steady
Reclaim N/A[b] 1 Increase 1
Speaker 1 1 Steady
Independent 0 16 Increase 16
Total 650 648 Decrease 2
Voting total[c] 639 637 Decrease 2
Vacant N/A 2 Increase 2
Government majority 87 64 Decrease 23

For full details of changes during the current Parliament, see By-elections and Defections, suspensions and resignations.

Notes

  1. ^ Includes MPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.[3]
  2. ^ a b At the time of the 2019 election this party did not exist.
  3. ^ The seven members of Sinn Féin abstain, i.e. they do not take their seats in the House of Commons;[4] the speaker and three deputy speakers (two Conservative and one Labour) have only a tie-breaking vote constrained by conventions.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Election 2019: Results". BBC News. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ "State of the parties". parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "About". Co-operative Party. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  4. ^ Kelly, Conor (19 August 2019). "Understanding Sinn Féin's Abstention from the UK Parliament". E-International Relations. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. ^ Boothroyd, David. "House of Commons: Tied Divisions". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 25 July 2018.